About the Authors

Chi Zhang

Affiliations Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center and State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510060, China, Department of Ophthalmology, The First People’s Hospital of Foshan, Foshan 528000, China

Hui Ding

Affiliation Hainan Eye Hospital, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Haikou 570311, China

Miao He

Affiliation Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center and State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510060, China

Lina Liu

Affiliation Hainan Eye Hospital, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Haikou 570311, China

Liangping Liu

Affiliation Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center and State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510060, China

Gang Li

Affiliation Hainan Eye Hospital, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Haikou 570311, China

Bing Niu

Affiliations Shanghai Key Laboratory of Bio-energy Crops, School of Life Science, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China, Schepens Eye Research Institute, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Department of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, United States of America

Xingwu Zhong

zhongxwu@mail.sysu.edu.cn

Affiliations Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center and State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510060, China, Hainan Eye Hospital, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Haikou 570311, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: XZ CZ. Performed the experiments: CZ HD MH Lina Liu GL Liangping Liu BN XZ. Analyzed the data: CZ GL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CZ XZ. Wrote the paper: CZ XZ.